tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post1221438408987780958..comments2024-03-27T07:54:22.495+03:00Comments on Life in Kuwait Blog: Villa Akbar or Villa Oh my God What the Hell?Crazy in Kuwaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438670456717426074noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-16253979557292662022020-04-09T14:48:28.653+03:002020-04-09T14:48:28.653+03:00I’ve seen this house couple of times and I know it...I’ve seen this house couple of times and I know it’s too much to handle for some people with the decoration and all but I LOVE IT!! I like how the house is different from the others it’s very eye catching and I studied design history and I love how architecture advanced and changed throughout the years and this house makes me feel like it’s been dipped into a big bowl of all the vintage or old designs/architecture (I don’t know how to explain this but I hope you get it..my English kinda sucks😂) so basically what I’m saying is that this house is like going into a time machine..and I love the crowed decorations and the statues I think they’re beautiful..I’d LOVE to meet the owner and talk about the house and his love for architecture and design history and art 😂 it’s honestly a masterpiece in my eyes..and for the tenth time I’m really in love and into design history I’m a graphic design student and I took design history and fell in love with the art of each era and the architecture...I wish that I had a time machine just to see how our architecture and design progressed..but that’s just a wish and time machines don’t exist..(maybe)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448721477144270077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-40014897201517408762011-12-20T16:35:56.648+03:002011-12-20T16:35:56.648+03:00hahahahaaahaahaahahahahahahahahahaaahaahaahahahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-65582514053767948692010-08-24T19:58:37.312+03:002010-08-24T19:58:37.312+03:00i'd like 2 add that the execution of the busts...i'd like 2 add that the execution of the busts as well as everything else (and, i almost forgot, the dozens of horses & horse heads), is quite poor. but that's what u get when u go to statue.com (most of the busts referenced in this article are on there)<br />for perfect busts, better go to metropolitan/louvre or british museum shop.<br />this house would not b a landmark in the real world but, LOCALLY SPEAKING, this house is a "kitsch masterpiece/monument". it dethrones the house in dahyat abdulla al salem with the two lions. after a nearly 30 year reign (kuwait couldnot stop talking about it in the 80's- calling it "beyt il asnam"- owners had to pull down the topless female statues carrying grapes)... and with a much much lower budget ... villa akbar has achieved the impossible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-75321539321927384222010-08-24T19:41:24.837+03:002010-08-24T19:41:24.837+03:00u took great pictures. i'll refer to some of t...u took great pictures. i'll refer to some of them. <br /><br />first of all, i just want to say that i understand art and architecture and this is why this house is a very interesting case study to me. design & architecture students should visit it and b tested on their understanding of style. now i begin...<br /> <br />they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. and i am sure that this house is seen by its owner as a masterpiece. and in a way, it is a masterpiece. it is a monument in the kitsch style. kitsch is a genre. it does not mean "ugly". this house is not "ugly" . when u go to see this house, something will make you want to look more and more. it draws you. seriously! i saw this house up close the other day and thought it was extremely interesting. i encourage people to go c it. whether people love ot or hate it, this house has potential to b a local landmark. it is so over the top.<br /><br />to appreciate the experience of looking at this wild creation, u shoukld c it as an art installation instead of a house. it is art because the owner is personally involved in creating a collage of many different styles. the design of the facade and windows and columns is not uniform. there are neo classical elements and other unudentifiable forms. <br />most interesting and peculiar are the heads, busts and statues which are placed around the house. u c roman emperors, greek gods and goddesses (like athena/zeus),michael angelo's david, a statue version of botticelli's venus, mannequin pis (belgian pissing boy from brussels), & even beethoven (see photo. he is a man in a bowtie next to roman emperor hadrian?)<br />there are also relif sculptures narrating a fight between a man and a bull (hercules or theseus and the bull). the bull is carrying a nude female on its back. this is from an unrelated myth (europe & the bull). so it is confusing. above that is a relief of a victory & celebration of an androgenous figure riding a horse. above all that is a relief of flying angels. <br />if you ask me, all this symbolism is a narrationof the "artist/owner" to us (the world). he/she is telling us that Power, conflict & love are main themes of this house/life.<br />this artist/owner is clearly flamboyant and dramatic and doesnt give a crap about what people say. he/she does what they like. this person doesnt follow rules and doesnt care if the woerld thinks he does not understand them. <br />i credit the owner of this house for going all the way without compromise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-43002716492089059222010-07-10T12:22:01.076+03:002010-07-10T12:22:01.076+03:00That's really a "wow" property! Word...That's really a "wow" property! Words are not enough to describe how magnificent and beautiful this place is. Who actually owns the place? I will be waiting for your response. Thank you!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://masahati.com" rel="nofollow"> Kuwait Apartments</a>Mary Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811104657251307659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328075989473268266.post-9532872699880677112010-03-27T10:32:00.805+03:002010-03-27T10:32:00.805+03:00OMG! My husband pointed this one out the other day...OMG! My husband pointed this one out the other day, commenting, "that's a nice one". I threw up in my mouth a little bit before I started chuckling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com